What Reading Does for the Mind

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  • Slope Worksheets
    Although the term slope is often encountered in many fields like engineering, mathematics, and more, the concept is already learned in schools, specifically in the higher grade levels. The slope is also known as the gradient of a line, a number that indicates the steepness of a line determined by the ratio of the rise ...
  • Main Idea Worksheets
    The main idea contains the primary point or concept that an author wants to communicate to his readers. This, of course, is not limited to just authors as it can apply to anybody wanting to convey the main point. As a teacher, for instance, you can ask your students to work on main idea worksheets ...
  • Fact Family Worksheets
    A fact family is a set of addition, subtraction sentences that involve the same number. Students can learn more about a fact family by using fact family worksheets. These are the perfect tools for practicing the process of building fact families for sets of given numbers, then applying them to subtraction, addition, division, and multiplication. ...
  • Elapsed Time Worksheets
    The computation of elapsed time is often used not just in school but also in many scientific and business functions. Although most of us know how to tell time, some find it difficult to compute time elapsed. This involves converting the hours into minutes then subtracting results. In the classroom, you can make use of ...
  • Latitude and Longitude Worksheets
    Reading maps, especially when it comes to the earth as a spherical body, requires some knowledge of longitude and latitude. With these, you can find locations which becomes important, especially when you travel a lot so you know where you’re going. For students, they can learn more about longitudes and latitudes by practicing on latitude ...
  • Capitalization Worksheets
    We as adults have already gone through the lessons on capitalization during our early school years which is why we now know its importance in writing and reading. Working on the concept today is a lot easier when you use capitalization worksheets to reinforce the concept with your students. Your students must go through the ...
  • Sequencing Worksheets
    Storylines usually follow some type of sequencing that helps readers understand the plot. As a teacher, you should help your students develop their sequencing skills so they can comprehend what they read. To help them through, provide them with sequencing worksheets to practice on. Sequencing Worksheets What is sequencing?  Sequencing is an essential skill that can help students ...
  • Point of View Worksheets
    Many of us have read stories were one character narrates all of the events. This type of story gets narrated in that character’s point of view which can take many forms. When you assign students to novels, they should learn how to discern the story’s point of view. To reinforce this skill, you can use ...
  • Skip Counting Worksheets
    Skip counting can be fun, especially among younger children. This is a great thing as children can learn a lot from this skill. As a teacher, you can teach skip counting in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Grades in different ways. To help your students understand and learn the process faster, you can use skip ...
  • Cause and Effect Worksheets
    Everything that happens in the world is a result of cause and effect and because of this, even non-fiction literature and articles often have these cause and effect references. These concepts are important for readers to understand what they’re reading and think about the causes and effects the author presented. To help students understand this, ...